Inflation Rising Threat Hits Family Budgets in 1956
Sterling F. Green opens a three-part series arguing that the American consumer is losing the battle of the price bulge as inflation accelerates. Wages rise slowly while the overall cost of living climbs, with steel, automobiles, appliances, foods, and housing costs driving the surge. Government officials anticipate a new price plateau rather than a full inflation collapse, though opinions differ on future trends.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Eisenhower
Beacon Light Blacked Out At Empire State Building
New York authorities shut the Empire State Building beacon to deter fatal bird collisions during southbound migration. The beam will stay dark until November 1 while rotating lights keep sweeping the sky, a management decision aimed at reducing avian hazards.
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New York
Empire State Building
Manhattan
Alligator Disrupts Pony League Baseball Game
In Fort Pierce Florida a five foot alligator wandered onto the baseball diamond during a boys Pony League game causing uproar until manager Ken Gordy could lasso it and hand the reptile to police. The creature likely crawled from a nearby drainage ditch chased by dogs.
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Fort Pierce
Fla
Ken Gordy
Negroes schooling capacity questioned by professor
Washington psychologist Dr. Frank C. J. McGurk of Villanova University argues in U S News & World Report that blacks as a group show less capacity for education than whites when measured by psychological tests. He notes this has been demonstrated repeatedly and urges factual discussion over emotion in race differences.
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P—A
Villanova University
Frank C. J. McGurk
Villanova
U.s.news & World Report
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McGurk
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